Element tag = getFirstElementByTagName(userElement, "PROPERTY");
  user.setName(getNodeText(tag));

   private  Element getFirstElementByTagName(Element element, String tagName) {
    Element e =  null ;

    NodeList nl = element.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
     if  (nl.getLength() !=  0 ) {
      e = (Element) nl.item( 0 );
    }

     return  e;
  }

   private  String getNodeText(Node node) {
    String nodeText = "";
    NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
     for  ( int  i =  0 ; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
      Node child = list.item(i);
       if  (child.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
        CDATASection section = (CDATASection) child;
        nodeText = section.getData();
         break ;
      }  else   if  (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        nodeText = child.getNodeValue();
         break ;
      }
    }

     return  nodeText.trim();
  }